Frederic tudor



wealth. of Massachueetts, have errata aan uormwarea i--ieare'a SPECILGATION forming part of Letters lisatelt 3510.

559,551, dated may 5, ieee.

Application filed Mey 1,1895. Serial No. 547.301! (No model' lie it known that i, lfnnolinic Tenci-z, ol' lhinton, county ci' Suffolk, in the Connnoninvented sun dry new and useful I n1 provemen ts in hteainA `andlot-raterliealjcrs, o1" 'which the following', read inv eoiinection `with the a'ieconipany l ing drawings,constitutes a Afull and complete speeiieation- IG The object oi' my invention is to jjir'ovidc a Simple and easily-controlled system ot' hot- .enable persons Water heaters for buildingel wherein l the local radiators are supplied 4with water which is heated byan interior steam-coil or its equiva lent. Y

Following is a full and complete specifica` tion oi my invention, which, readin conoce tion with the drawings hereto annexed, will 'skilled in the art to which 1n y invention iertaine` to practice it.

. Figures l and show forms oi my elcain- .radiator with the ,et-cani pipe connections breiten away. iiie. Si ,ehowfi coi'iventionally a system composed ol? auch heaters aa those of Figo. l. and l, i

te "erringg' to Fig. 3, li is a Steam-generator, from lhe .Steam-opaco of which a 4main pipe S rieos and accende to the top of the building to be heated, and there turns downwaril. Iii

the descendingportion ol" this double column,

which the forni ol.' circuit the application or' placed the radiz'ttma heaters.

I prefer to use in my inij'noyeincnts, are R and thei r respective Hach of 'the radiators l, hig. 25, is

constructed and arranged ae Shown in Figo. l and 2. leferrii'ig to those figures, .S is the steam-main, which ie interrupted i'or the in- Sert-ion oi. a trap. rlhis trap consists of the bottle A, vwith noch,Y at top and bottoni vfor the jilnctnre Vof the steam-pipe i4. lVithin the bottle A a d aphragm l), out ol' which rises an internal s and-pipe (.l. A. valve E, having a rcgulatingwvhcel il, controls1 an opening in the diaphragm l). In the sido of bottle A are openings P and l, suitably constructed to receive 'the-pipe connections of the 'radiator t. in the radiator-pipo is located a 4valve V, which may bc used to elosc oropcn the passage through the radiator at will. i

The heater operates as followsz` Steam en ati on.

and lr) are open, and the eteain fills all the spacca within the heater. ihcn valve E is closed, and the steam conc'iensee, iilliug; the r.i liator-1'iipeeand the bottle A up to the level fl'.- oii' the top oi etaUd-piDc (j. Then all surf plus condense-water oreriiows at L into C, which. coninninicates with the coutinuation ot the stca1u-1nain S at the bottoni of bottle A. Suppose that the pipe S is continued, as from Fig. l to Fig. 2, the surplus,condensewater ol' the upper heater, Fig. l, iiows with the steam to be intercepted bythe trap of Fig'. 2. p

In a vertical series of heaters, like that in' dieatedby Fig.. 3, the eondensewater of the upper heaters is constantly utilized to replenish the `Water in the lower heaters.

rThe circulation of the hot Water inl any radiator can be controlled or cut ed' by the Valve V. lVhcn valveV is closed, the Water 4in R cools ofl, and the radiator is cut out.

'ihifs obviously is done at4 the will of the occupant of the room wherein. the heaterris located and in no way interrupts or ai'i'ects the operation of Athe rest of the system.

If any user oi' these radiatore wants more heat than the water-radiator affords him, he nocd only open Valve E. All the Water in radiator R and bottle A drains away, and the heater is trarnsi'ornicd to a Steani-rfuliator in an instant; but theoperation oi.' the rest ol' the system is :not ilicreby ailfcctcd.

ihc structures Shown in Figs. l, and 2 are simple in. construction and eilective in operlt is obvious, however, `that any heater wh ich embodies the elements oi. steammain, condensewater trap, overflow devices, and :regulater-valves and arranged and ezuiablelof use in substance like that above described, although in, i'orln unlike it, may be employed in thc practice ol' this invention without departing `from. the substance thereof.

Onlya single vertical series is shown herein; but it is plain to be seen that the main pipe S may be divided into as many branches as deeired7 iach branch to"contain a series of heaters such as herein described.

What claim, and desire to secure by Lettera latent, is as follows:

l. In alieating apparatus the combination with a steanrinaiu, of condenscavatcr traps in. said main at ffiiilfcront levels, l'moanar for ICC) permitting the accumulated condense-water tomoveriow from Said traps; into the main, radia-tors Connected with said traps it levels v1-'{,/'alole to the reception of the tondeuse-wn 'o'r of the traps by the Said radiators, means for regulating the circulation off the *water in the radiators, and valve-controlieri openings' at or near the bottom of each condense-water trap, whereby the Water can he drained away from the trap and radiator.

2. In Va heating apparatus the combination with asteamma-in, of eolnlensowater traps in said main at fli'tt'erent levels, inea-ns; lfor permitting` the aeeninnlnted eontlensewvater to overflow 1from said' traps into the main, radiators eonneetetl with said traps at iereln: Suit-able to the reception 'of the condense-wa trr of the traps bythe said. radiators, (firenlation-regnlatingvalves'in the ,Said radin tors, and valve-controlled passages eoninnmieat ing with the steam-main, at or near the hottom of eaeh condense-water trap, whereby the water can be drained from the trap and rmli- :iter into the inain. o

3. A heater Consisting ot" the combination with a main Steamqiipe Vof a condorrse-water trap, means for Causing the adr-nm n lation and 'ierniitting the overflow of the eeridonee-writer of Said trap, a"i'znliator connected with the trap zbt a level Suitable to the reeeption et' the condense-'water of the trap by the radiatorJ a pnrtition separatin the bottom ot' said trap from the steam-main, and a valveeontrolied opening' in said partition to permit the eoenpe of the eendensowater.

4. ln a het-Water or steam heating; system, the combination of a mnin Steam-pipe, a series of waterweeeptaeles arranged therein, a diaphragm in eaeh ieeeptaele, means for eaneing the accumulation. amlfor permitting the overflow et the water of Condensation, a. rznliator attached to :incl in connection with the Water-Space oi eaeh receptacle, and a Valve in theklinphragin ot eaeh receptacle to vpermit the esenpe of the Water ot' condensa4 tion.

5. .in a heating apparatus, the Combination ot' a reeeptaeie provided with an inlet in its upper portion and nn outlet in its lower por tion, a diaphragm in the receptacle, mea-ns for causing the accumula-tion and for pei-mio tingv the overflow ot' the water or" condensation, and a radiator vominnniealtingwith the water-space ot' the receptacle.

o. ln a hot-water or steam'heating system, the combination of a main steam-pipe, a series; of mittsr-receptacles arranged therein, a (imphrng'm in each receptacle, a Stand-pipe in the diaphragm extending up into the Chaniher arti nitording communication between the upper part of the receptacle and the space below the 'sa iil (l iaphrngm, n. radiator attached to and in connection with the mater-Speleo of eneh receptacle, and a valve in the diaphragm of each receptacle to permit the escape of the water of condensation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in the presence ot two Subscribing witnesses.

mitm: nio -TUDoP liiitnesses:

ifAL'rnn E. BARNES, ,Roaman J. PEYRAND. 

